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01-15 >> To appropriate the sum of $109,148.00 out of the NMI Social Security Retirement Fund to defray the operation and contingent expenses of the NMI Social Security Administration for FY 1979; effective 11-24-78. PDF

01-27 >> To amend NMI Social Security Act to: increase the contribution and benefits base amount, the earnings test exempt amount, and retirement, disability, and survivors benefit amounts; to modify the provisions regarding disability benefits, survivors benefits for children, and the life of applications to make them more like those in the US Social Security Act, and to clarify the starting date for purposes of determining fully insured status; effective 03-16-79. PDF

01-43 >> To establish a Retirement Fund for the Government of CNMI; effective 01-18-80. PDF

02-20 >> Making appropriations for retirement contributions, fuel for power generation, medical referrals, and medical supplies for the FY ending September 30, 1981; effective 07-30-81. PDF

02-21 >> To appropriate the sum of $144,240 out of the NMI Social Security Retirement Fund to defray the operation and contingent expenses of the NMI Social Security Administration for FY 1981; effective 08-10-81. PDF

02-06 >> To amend the NMI Social Security Act to increase benefits for retirement, disability, and survivors, roll back the increase in tax rates for contributions after 1980, increase base amount of 1981, increase the amount which may be earned without reduction of benefits, exempt persons over 72 years from any reduction due to earnings, change the method for computing self-employment taxes; effective 10-15-80. PDF

03-12 >> To make Supplemental Appropriation for the sum of $500,000 for Retirement fund program for the FY ending September 30, 1982; effective 06-14-82. PDF

03-28 >> To amend §’s 104(z), 401(b) and 402 of PL 3-11 to provide that any passenger disembarking from a ship or an airplane may import for personal use and consumption a limited amount of cigarettes, tobacco, distilled alcoholic beverages, beer, wine, or sake which shall be exempt from excise taxes; to exempt books and other educational materials purchased by a school or library from the excise tax; to provide that persons importing for non-business use shall be exempt from the general excise tax; to provide benefits paid by the US Social Security Administration and the NMI Retirement Fund shall not be taxed as wages and salaries; effective 11-04-82. PDF

03-34 >> To designate the first Sunday of October of each year as “Ha’anen Retiru” for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; effective 12-14-82. PDF

03-06 >> To appropriate the sum of $136,100.00 of the NMI Social Security Retirement Fund to defray the operation and contingent expenses of the NMI Social Security Administration for FY 1982; effective 05-06-82. PDF

03-99 >> To increase benefits paid to retired members of the Retirement Fund, to restrict retirement benefits paid to active employees of the Government of the CNMI, to amend PL 1-43; effective 01-08-84. PDF

04-20 >> To amend 1 CMC § 8312 (c) and (d)(1) to provide retirement benefits to retired employees of the Trust Territory Government and their families, to amend PL 3-99; effective 11-14-84. PDF

04-27 >> To amend Division 3 of Title 3, of the Commonwealth Code, cited as the Northern Marianas Islands Social Security Act, to increase the earnings test exempt amount, and retirement disability, and survivors benefit amounts; to eliminate the earnings test for individuals aged 70 and over; to add provisions to pay auxiliary benefits to the spouses and children of life beneficiaries; to review tax rate changes; effective 01-29-85. PDF

04-04 >> To provide for the flexibility of the Northern Mariana Islands Retirement fund in the investing of its assets; effective 04-12-84. PDF

04-62 >> To amend § 2 (a) and § 15 of PL 4-32 to exempt the fund custodian and investment agent of the Northern Mariana Islands Retirement Fund from the definition of employee; effective 09-12-85. PDF

05-48 >> To amend 1 CMC, Div. 8, Chptr. 2 § 8321 (d) (3) so as to clarify the intent to give Retirement Fund Service Credit for the Commonwealth Government employees who were employees of CAA, MLSC, Headstart Program and the Saipan Credit Union when those entities were non-profit or Governmental Agencies or Governmental Instrumentalities; effective 12-22-87. PDF

06-17 >> To provide for an actuarially sound, locally funded pension system for government employees; effective 04-03-89. PDF

06-41 >> To amend PL 6-17 to make technical corrections and administrative amendments to the law; effective 01-19-90. PDF

07-39 >> To amend the NMI Retirement Fund Act of 1988 ( PL 6-17 ), as amended, to provide for an annual cost of living allowance to annuitants of the retirement fund; to provide for the hiring of retirees under the Older Americans Act; effective 10-11-91. PDF

07-40 >> To amend 1CMC § 8392 by adding a subsection to allow an additional exemption from the prohibition of governmental employment for governmental retirees who are specifically exempted by the governor; effective 10-16-91. PDF

08-31 >> To amend the NMI Retirement Fund Act of 1988 PL 6-17), as amended, to provide for an annual cost of living increase, to increase the minimum annuity from $1,200 per annum to $6,000 per annum and to provide an option for continued life and health insurance to annuitants; effective 10-01-93. PDF

08-39 >> To amend the NMI Retirement Fund Act of 1988 by adding new subsections to 1 CMC § 8323, 8324, 8325, and 8326, to grant prior service credit for service rendered by employees of the US District Court for the NMI, Appellate Division; to grant prior service credit for service rendered by employees of the National Health Corp.; and to grant prior service credit for service rendered by employees of the Commission on Federal laws; effective 01-07-94. PDF

08-130 >> To amend 1 CMC Division 8, by adding new sections 8333 (Overtime or Compensatory Time Worked Service Credit) and 8334 (Requirement for Overtime or Compensator-v Time Worked Service Credit) PDF

09-25 >> To make appropriations for the operations and activities of the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands PDF

09-45 >> (raises from three years to ten years the maximum term Class 1 members of NMI Retirement Fund may contribute to fund and still receive refund upon separation of service; effective 07-14-95. § 1 amends 1 CMC § 8356 PDF

10-88 >> (provides elected officials with the right to waive their salary and instead receive their retirement benefits, if they would otherwise be entitled to retire and receive such benefits, provided that such persons who so retire have served a full 25 years of actual and applicable government service; effective 02-20-98. § 2 creates 1 CMC § 8441 (new Chapter 9 on “Waiver of Salaries by Elected Officials.”); and § 3 creates 1 CMC § 8442PDF

11-02 >> (implements Legislative Initiative 10-4, by allowing retirees to reenter the work force as classroom teachers, doctors, nurses and other medical professionals without losing their retirement benefits for a period not to exceed two years by amending 1 CMC § 8392; effective date 02-12-98. § 4 amends 1 CMC § 8392 PDF

14-98 >> To exempt PSS from a rate increase of the employer contribution to the Retirement Fund; effective 11-21-05. PDF

15-15 >> To authorize the Commonwealth Government to suspend the government obligation (employer contribution) owing to the Northern Mariana Islands Retirement Fund for the remainder of fiscal year 2006 and fiscal year 2007 PDF

15-70 >> To amend the NMI Retirement Fund Act to improve its fiscal solvency, to subject to referendum any charges that by law increase benefits offered under the defined plan of the NMI retirement Fund Act; effective 06-14-07. PDF

15-102 >> To amend public law 15-73 and saipan local law 15-27 regarding appropriations to the Commonwealth Election Commission; and for other purposes. PDF

15-116 >> To repeal and re-enact Public Law 15-69 to allow employees of the Commonwealth Government to apply for sick leave to attend to immediate family members; and for other purposes. PDF

15-118 >> To amend Public Law 15-95 to exempt federally funded capital improvements and procurement of goods and services fiom the Local Bidder Preference Law of the Commonwealth; and for other purposes. PDF

15-119 >> To amend 1 CMC§ 81 17(i) of the Commonwealth Civil Service Act to provide that the Civil Service Commission shall amend the Civil Service Rules and Regulations to remove any and all provisions requiring that persons seeking to be certified as eligible for a civil service position have prior work experience if such persons possess a Bachelor’s, Masters, or Doctoral degree. in a field of expertise related to the civil service position for which the person has applied. PDF

15-125 >> To require insurance coverage for individuals with diabetes in the Commonwealth; and for other purposes. PDF

15-126 >> To impose an employer retirement contribution rate of eighteen percent for employees funded by the general fund; and for other purposes. PDF

15-13 >> To create portable individual retirement accounts for all new public employees who are hired on or after Jan. 01, 2007; effective 06-16-06. PDF

15-31 >> To give a CNMI gov’t retiree who is subsequently re-employed with the government the option to waive their salary and instead continue receiving their benefits; effective 09-28-06. PDF

15-47 >> To rename the NMI Retirement Building at Capito Hill “Governor Lorenzo I. De Leno Guerrero Retirement Fund Building;” and for other purposes. PDF

15-61 >> To prohibit the NMI Retirement Fund from paying less then the full pension to retirees; effective 05-17-07. PDF

15-70 >> To amend the NMI Retirement Fund Act to improve its fiscal solvency, to subject to referendum any charges that by law increase benefits offered under the defined plan of the NMI retirement Fund Act; effective 06-14-07. PDF

15-98 >> To authorize Class I Members of the Retirement Fund with fifteen years of actual service contributions to the Retirement Fund to withdraw their contributions; and for other purposes. PDF

15-99 >> To amend 4 CMC § 9353(d) to allow funds deposited in the Special Disability Fund to be invested in Investment Grade U.S. Fixed Income Securities as well as Unrated Securities of the U.S. Treasury and U.S. Government Agencies and other publicly traded securities in order to provide for the possibility of achieving a greater rate of return; and for other purposes. PDF

16-02 >> To revise the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation’s Utility Rate Structure to ensure CUC’s continuing ability to deliver vital utility services; to provide flexibility to the governor and other expenditure authorities to reprogram funds for the remainder of fiscal year 2008; to suspend earmarking of certain non-general fund revenue; to authorize CUC to use a portion of customer security deposits to pay for its fuel expenses; to set the government employer contribution rate at 11% for fiscal year 2008; to increase certain government services fees; and for other purposes. PDF

19-35 >> To amend Public Law No. 19-08 to specifically authorize the Governor to reprogram Executive Branch Appropriations to pay for the 25% pension payments; and for other purposes PDF

19-36 >> To amend 4 CMC § 1803, Distribution of Revenues Marianas Visitor Authority and the Retirement Fund and to repeal 1 CMC § 8365, Tax Revenue; and to make the Act apply retroactively; and for other purposes PDF